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Showing 1 to 20 of 28 for “"dementia risk"”.
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DETECTION OF DEMENTIA RISK IN PRIMARY CARE: PRELIMINARY INVESTIGATION OF A COMPOSITE DEMENTIA RISK SCORE IN VETERANS
<p>Dementia is becoming a significant public health concern as the United States population rapidly ages. Veterans, accounting for a substantial portion of the United States population, may be at even higher risk for developing dementia as they generally have more risk factors for dementia than the …
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Dementia Risk in Elders with Anxiety and Insomnia
… medications (BZRA) and subsequent dementia. Expert opinions differ regarding whether the association indicates a causal relationship. There is sufficient evidence that neuropsychiatric symptoms, such as anxiety and insomnia, are indicators of prodromal dementia which may lead to …
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Dementia Risk in Elders with Anxiety and Insomnia
… medications (BZRA) and subsequent dementia. Expert opinions differ regarding whether the association indicates a causal relationship. There is sufficient evidence that neuropsychiatric symptoms, such as anxiety and insomnia, are indicators of prodromal dementia which may lead to …
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A Population-Level Approach to Dementia Risk Reduction
Dementia is a major public health challenge in the UK and globally. It is a significant cause of human suffering, and of health and social care burden, and the number of people living with dementia is projected to rise as the population ages. Despite advances in our understanding of the disease, …
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Dementia risk in the population over time: potential for primary prevention and intervention
Dementia risk in the population over time: potential for primary prevention and intervention Holly Qing Tian Bennett Dementia prevalence and incidence has decreased over time in the UK. This will in part be due to changes in dementia risk. Although dementia risk has been studied extensively, there …
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Understanding Motivation to Engage in Healthy Lifestyle Behaviors for Dementia Risk Reduction in Midlife Using a Person-Centered Approach
… The number of individuals diagnosed with dementia is expected to reach over 135 million by 2050 (World Health Organization, 2022). Without a cure, research has focused on identifying ways to prevent or reduce dementia risk. The brain changes associated with Alzheimer’s disease (AD) begin …
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Multi-modal Multi-Level Neuroimaging Fusion with Modality-Aware Mask-Guided Attention and Deep Canonical Correlation Analysis to Improve Dementia Risk Prediction
Alzheimer's Disease (AD) is a progressive neurodegenerative disorder characterized by structural and molecular changes in the brain. Early diagnosis and accurate subtyping are essential for timely intervention and therapeutic planning. This thesis presents a novel multimodal deep learning framework …
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Utility of the Motivation to Change Lifestyle and Health Behaviors for Dementia Risk Reduction Scale (MCLHB-DRR) Based on a North American Sample
… the population ages, the prevalence rates of dementia continue to increase. Without a cure or promising treatment for dementia, the best course of lowering the prevalence rates of dementia is through preventative measures. Through an electronic survey, the study utilized the MCLHB-DRR scale to …
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DEMENTIA IN ELDERLY: PREDICTING AND PREVENTING RISK
… are: (1) To develop and validate a late-life dementia risk index using EMR database to predict the risk of developing dementia in elderly population. (2) To examine comparative effectiveness of antidepressants classes on risk of dementia in elderly with depression. Methods: The retrospective …
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Dietary and Serum Biomarkers, and Glycaemic status: Relationships with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus and Incident Dementia
Background: Dementia is a well-recognized complication of T2D, with both conditions sharing pathophysiological pathways. However, the role of T2D in mediating the development of dementia remains underexplored. Aims: The three aims of the study were (1) to investigate associations between serum …
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Cerebrovascular dysfunction : associations with midlife risk factors
… strongest associations with the development of dementia, a myriad of modifiable cardiovascular risk factors exacerbates and accelerate such risk. Identifying the individual and combined effect earlier in life is crucial to reduce their impact and to introduce positive changes in health …
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Essays On Aging-Related Disease In The U.s. Population
… prevalent chronic diseases, diabetes and dementia. In the first essay, I investigate changes in age-specific diabetes prevalence across cohorts born in the 20th century and use the cross-cohort comparisons to generate model age patterns of diabetes prevalence and incidence. I show that …
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Intentions to undergo dementia screening among older Black adults
… between Black and White Americans including dementia risk. Black Americans are up to three times more likely to develop dementia compared to their White counterparts. These disparities can be attributed to other health inequalities that increase the risk of dementia. Despite the higher …
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Virtual reality navigation assessment and 7 tesla MR imaging of the entorhinal-hippocampal circuit in asymptomatic at-risk Alzheimer's disease
… disease-modifying drugs to delay progression to dementia. Given that AD-related neurodegeneration is first observed in the entorhinal cortex (EC), and that EC neurons contribute to path integration-based navigation, this thesis aimed to test the hypothesis that path integration would be impaired …
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Kinetic Memory: Rethinking Aging in Place
… while those affected by Alzheimer's disease and dementia risk their safety by living alone. Aged individuals lacking the means or faculties to live independently often seek assisted living and memory care facilities as the most viable options for the growing elderly population. Typical facilities …
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The Social Pattern and Causes of Dementia Prevalence Decline in the United States
Age-adjusted dementia prevalence has significantly declined in the United States over the last 25 years, despite little advancement in the biomedical treatment of Alzheimer’s Disease or improvement in proximal dementia risk factors. In this dissertation, I analyze data from the Health and …
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Evaluating individuals with extreme phenotypes of HIV-1 contributes towards better healthcare management of all HIV-1 positive individuals
… start’ evidence by demonstrating a 62% reduced risk of serious Aquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS), non-AIDS events or death for those immediately initiating combination antiretroviral therapy (cART) (vs not immediately initiating) among those with high CD4 cell counts (>500cells/mm3) and …
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Identifying Predictors of Reversion from Mild Cognitive Impairment to Normal Cognition
… on identifying predictors of progression to dementia, yet relatively few studies have examined predictors of reversion from MCI to normal cognition. This retrospective study incorporated data from the National Alzheimer's Coordinating Center Uniform Data Set to examine baseline predictors of …
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A cross-national comparison of the effect of diabetes on the cognitive function of older adults- The case of Mexico and the United States
… score, by cognitive domain, and categorized into dementia vs. normal cognition. The main independent variable was self-reported diabetes status. A cross-sectional analysis was conducted to assess how diabetes impacts cognitive function in the 2012 waves of the MHAS and HRS. Two longitudinal …
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